SACRAMENTO – The lights didn’t strike twice – at least not for the Utah Jazz.

The Sacramento Kings and Jazz both came into Sunday’s game with overwhelming victories. One of them stayed that high; it wasn’t Utah.

After a surprising 42-point win in Portland, the Jazz lost to the Kings 141-97 at the Golden 1 Center.

Talk about coming back down to earth.

“Yeah, we got our asses kicked,” Jazz coach Will Hardy said.

How good was the evening for Sacremaneto? Consider this: Doug McDermott checked in for the first time with 8:22 left in the game and the Kings leading by 35 – and still ended up providing the most exciting moments of the night.

McDermott hit his first six 3-pointers for 18 points and gave Sacramento fans a reason to stick around until the end.

His shot was also a microcosm for the entire game. The Kings were limited to 44 points in the game and only managed five free throws, meaning they scored the majority of their points through jump shots.

The Kings went 22 of 44 from the 3-point line, and De’Aaron Fox and DeMar DeRozan were both deadly from mid-range. So it didn’t really matter that the Jazz limited the Kings at the rim for the most part because they simply shot over the Utah defense.

Meanwhile, the Jazz shot just 39% from the field, which caused the score to falter quite a bit.

“That’s how the NBA can feel right now — games can feel crazy when teams are fired up to shoot the ball from everywhere,” Hardy said.

That was the case on Sunday. Once the Kings really got hot – which was in the second quarter – the game was over. After a tight first 12 minutes, things quickly spiraled out of control in the second quarter. The Kings scored 36 points in the second quarter and another 43 in the third quarter to extend the lead.

“As the game went on, I felt like we were kind of out of control,” Hardy said. “They also made us pay in transition, almost every mistake was either a layup or a 3.”

So was there any disappointment in Utah’s own 42-point win two days earlier? Hardy didn’t see much of it. Sure, he would have liked their shooters to show a little more physicality, fewer turnovers and more recognition for opposing personnel, but he was hesitant to attribute those problems to a holdover from Friday’s win.

If anything, he believes it shows that 40-point wins — including Sunday’s wins — are mostly just outliers in the NBA.

“That doesn’t necessarily reflect how well you play,” he said. “It’s an evening where everything goes well. Yes, you played very well, but that doesn’t mean you are playing at this level.”

A repeat of Friday’s game should not have been expected. The good news for Jazz also applies to Sunday.

One of the only bright spots for the Jazz was Keyonte George, who scored 25 points on 8 of 14 shooting and seven assists. John Collins added 19 points and Collin Sexton had 15 points.

Lauri Markkanen, who missed the win in Portland, returned and scored just 8 points on 2 of 9 shooting in 25 minutes.

Rookie Kyle Filipowski returned after missing the last seven games with a leg injury and scored 3 points in 10 minutes.

“We are in a situation where guys are in and out and it is difficult for young players to find continuity,” he said. “I think that a team has to have continuity in order to reach their level and assert themselves.”